In 2022, primary care specialties, such as family and emergency medicine, psychiatry, and obstetrics and gynecology, were some of the most highly recruited specialties on Doximity, as front-line physicians continue to be in high demand. Psychiatry also took two of the top five spots in 2022.
Dermatologists have the highest job satisfaction among 29 medical specialties, while internal medicine physicians have the lowest, according to a 2022 speciality report from Medscape.
Gynaecologist. A gynaecologist specialises in treating problems arising in the female reproductive organs and is the first doctor to be approached if you face premenstrual, menstrual or other issues, which are mostly related to hormonal changes.
Apart from the top 5 specialties mentioned above, Interventional Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Vascular Surgery, General Surgery and Med/Peds are among the most difficult domains to become a doctor.
Neurosurgeons are the highest paid physician specialists, earning an average of $788,313 annually, according to Doximity's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." The results were drawn from survey responses from 190,000 physicians over the last six years, including 31,000 in 2022.
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Plastic surgery is the specialty with the most physicians most likely to report net worth exceeding $5 million, according to Medscape's "Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2021."
Though they tend to be more stressful medical fields—neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, and orthopedic surgery are also generally regarded as providing some of the best lifestyles for physicians.
What is the highest paid doctor specialty in 2023?
According to the latest stats, physicians working within the orthopedics specialty are the highest paid doctors in the US. Doctors in the United States working in this specialty earn an average annual income of $511k.
In fact, the Occupational Information Network, a part of the Department of Labor, ranked urology as the most stressful job in the US. The shortage of physicians combined with the care delays the pandemic caused has created greater demand for appointments and, in turn, longer wait times.
Of note, allergy and immunology physicians also spend the least amount of time on paperwork and administrative tasks out of any specialty on our list at just 14.6 hours per week. For perspective, this is a similar amount of time to dermatology which is known for being one of the best lifestyle specialties.
Which medical jobs are most in-demand? Nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists are massively in demand. The BLS projects a 40% job growth for all three types of nurses from 2021-2031, a much faster rate than the average of 5% for all occupations.
